paulcarson
Disenchanted
Sent a pm regarding mine, still waiting for a reply. Frustrating on both counts.
---------------So 72 have shipped, 15 haven't paid (which equals 87/100), yet I was 25th to pay in full and you still haven't shipped mine nearly two weeks after you started shipping everyone else's? I know you're trying to make it as convenient as possible for yourself, but I was in the first 50 people that got behind this thing to get it up and going and now I'm in the final 15% to have it mailed??? Hell, even 8 of the last 11 people to come on, have got theirs...
All I want to know is why? I'm international, yet many have already shipped and arrived internationally. I gave you my address and did all the details exactly as you asked each and every time, yet I get an email the other day saying you needed it again? And, I gave it to you before a friend of mine MrMovieMan, and yet you've shipped his???
Sorry to make this public, but this is ridiculous. Two ******* years and I have to cop it right to the very end, huh?
I wouldn't be so annoyed if you hadn't stated that it was going to be shipped last Wednesday...
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Dude....quite whining and maybe say thanks for organizing and spearheading the run.
to save those few complainers some shipping money to ship it from the US
While it’s frustrating to wait on all accounts I get it, we have all been in that’s boat. I try to keep in mind that the organizers of these runs is not a business,
They don’t have assistants or employees. They have jobs and lives and responsibilities.
Sometimes they can do things in a really organized way, sometimes not. Either way it's THEM who decided to get this off the ground. and if you really wanted it that bad? Well then you could have too. But you didn't.
Sometimes they will fuck up. I remember when Rainman has to make me a brand new taxi driver from scratch long after the run because of an error counting orders. I didnt get anything for waiting just my appreciation to him for taking care of me at all.
Some organizers of runs may take money on top of it, but not chili.
It’s true that a few bad apples can ruin the bunch. People complained and complained about price when 150 is about as cheap as you can get for something like that. That required taking no bonus funds and taking on a huge amount of people.
In retrospect you could probably cap the run at a really small rate of qualified customers who have appropriate expectations on what this stuff costs and then just deal with those who are coming late to the game begging to be added to the run. You can’t really win either way.
With over 100 people you will surely have a few more bad apples for ratio to (the majority) of good ones but even the smallest amount of difficult individuals to deal with is a massive aggravation. And again, not having proper expectation about what shipping funds cost... granted about the only country which still has crappier options that the second crappiest shipping-option-related place i live in now (the US) is the country where I used to live (Canada)...
In any case chili drove across the border to save those few complainers some shipping money to ship it from the US and to thank for it, got side swiped and his car totaled by some kid who shouldn’t have been driving. So now he's not only not making money for this, he's in over a grand on insurance BS and having a totaled car.
It’s a bit funny to read an accusation about not sending something quickly out of spite.
Well to be honest, not sending something out of spite quite frankly is something I’d probably do myself lol (which is perciesey why I don't have the patience time our desire to deal with organizing runs, or taking commissions for my art/customs. It's also why I try and treat as many of the artists and facilitators in the community with a lot of respect and patience), I mean there’s something to be said about biting the hand that feeds.
But I know chili is not like that at all, if he was he wouldn't be dealing with this 2 year dollie dress hell.
As someone who's lost well over a grand to some run organizers on this board, and some useless as fuck idiots like Zsaz Says you are always taking a risk handing over any money, to anyone, with this kind of thing.
I gave Turbo a hundred bucks for that Travis Bickle workout t shirt. he canceled the run and promised to pay me back. then he fucked off and I never got it. Well shame on him and shame on me for giving doll money to strangers. But I still do it several times a week.
Chili has been on the board for over a decade. You know you will be taken care of. If I were a casual purchaser or a long term member alike, I'd much rather deal with him, or Shortround, the Rahmier Bros, Comatost, Scotty or other stand up honest good dudes who handle this kind of stuff, and treat them with respect and patience along the way because these are there guys who are responsible for getting these things done.
Thanks for all the support. I’m getting them out slowly but surely. I get a few international ones out per run as not to make everyone murder me at the post office. I’ve done 2 runs across the border to make sure the American customers got a more reliable service. My gas money and my time is affected in the price. I’ve also cleared out every dollar store in my area for bubble mailers, had to travel for 3 weddings in 3 weekends, work, have a life, and keep this all straight.
My “responsibility” by taking this on is being fully fulfilled. Just because mandibles didn’t go out first doesn’t mean I’m losing any sleep at night here. In the middle of my summer I’m making my way through these as timely and efficiently as I can.
To anyone complaining, you will get it soon. If you feel like you can no longer wait, I’ll refund you right away and resell this to one of the 30 or so people asking me and maybe actually make a few dollars off this finally.
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